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Love Overcomes Grief by Dan Widrich

September 21, 2017

"Love Overcomes Grief" is a gentle book designed to help a child deal with losing a parent, or any loved one. Children learn to understand that feelings of grief are normal and acceptable. Through pictures and supportive text, along with practical activities, Dan Widrich shows children and parents how actively to engage the healing process.

Highlights of the book:

Reviews feelings experienced by a child who has lost a parent or someone close

Helps a child understand that feelings of grief are normal

Colorful illustrations visually interpret each page

Offers strategies to help a child begin the healing process

Explains the stages of grief

Introduces the reality that all living things will die

Provides helpful activities for a grieving child

Glossary of terms explains new words and concepts

Appropriate for the following age levels:

Preschool children when read with a trusted adult

Elementary school age children can read this book alone. They may also want to discuss the ideas with a trusted adult.

All preteens and teenagers

Parents with children who have experienced the death of a loved one

About the author:

Dan Widrich is a compassionate person on a mission. He turns the grief that engulfed the loss of his father at a young age into a "helping hand" for other children. Plumbing his own travails, Dan has written a book to guide other children through and out of the grief. With pictures and practical activities, Dan Widrich shows children and parents how to heal.

Dan himself has gone through the "Stages of Grief" each time someone close to him died. Dan used his book as a guide to heal himself. Each time he came through, looking toward a brighter future filled with new goals and interests.

Dan has been written up in the Newton Tab, has been interviewed on radio with Lorraine Seymourian and is a speaker on the subject of Grief and Loss.

Many Funeral Homes stock this book to give to families in need.

COST: Reg. $20.00 Discount $15.00 at NFDA Conference or mail order $17.00 for 15 or more

Copies can be bought:

At the BOSTON NFDA CONFERENCE Booth 3100 for signed copies

Dan Widrich directly…email Dan at danscottie1@aol.com for signed copies and a discount offered to Funeral Homes

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